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Congratulations to Dr. Florence Martin, recipient of the Inaugural Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award, which is given for outstanding service as a Graduate Program Director at UNC Charlotte. Dr. Martin has worked with colleagues to revise, lead, and/or create four programs while at UNC Charlotte: the Graduate Certificate, M.Ed., and Ed.D. Concentration in Learning, Design, […]

On Friday, August 9, the seventh cohort of the Aspiring High School Principals Program in partnership with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools closed out their intensive five-week summer experience at Mallard Creek High School. UNC Charlotte Educational Leadership faculty, Drs. Debra Morris, Jim Watson, and Rebecca Shore led the five-week, full-time experience that uses a simulated […]

The Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Division of Distance Learning recently announced its 2019 award recipients. Among the recipients of these prestigious national awards are many individuals from the Department of Educational Leadership: Crystal Award, 3rd Place to Beth Oyarzun, Clinical Assistant Professor of Learning, Design, and Technology Journal Article Award-Quantitative, 2nd Place, […]

Congratulations to Kiran Budhrani, Ed.D. student, for being selected as the Lee W. Cochran Intern of the 2019 Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) Addie Kinsinger Internship Award. This prestigious award is given to a small group of people recognized as leaders in the field of Educational Communications and Technology. The internship program provides […]

Ting Sun, 3rd year doctoral student in Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, received the Student Paper Award from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education. The winning paper was titled, “Differences in Writing Self-efficacy and Writing SRL Strategies: A Function of Gender, Major, and SES.”

After 20 years at UNC Charlotte, Karen Haar retired in June 2019. Karen was an integral part of the Administrative Staff in the Department of Educational Leadership. Karen has worked in the Office of the Registrar, Dean of Students, and College of Health and Human Services, before joining Educational Leadership. She will be missed by […]

Dr. Lee Casey Received the 2019 Distinguished Paper Award from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education Congratulations to Dr. Lee Casey! His paper titled, “Academic Resiliency among African-American Males in Secondary Schools” has received the 2019 Distinguished Paper Award from the North Carolina Association for Research in Education (NCARE). His paper will be […]

Dr. Chuang Wang was selected as the recipient of the 2019 Faculty International Education Award. The Faculty Award recognizes a faculty member for his/her outstanding contributions to the enhancement of the international education experience at UNC Charlotte. For more information about the award, go to: https://global.uncc.edu/awards-recognition/international-education-awards/recipients-international-education-award

Dr. Florence Martin was selected as the first recipient of the Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award. The Thomas L. Reynolds Leadership Award honors excellence in graduate program administration. Dr. Martin will $1000, an engraved plaque, and her name will be engraved on a perpetual trophy on permanent display at a central location on campus.

Dr. Sandra Dika was awarded a Spencer Small Research Grant to examine STEM transfer culture at two large, predominantly White institutions in North Carolina. Below is the abstract of her study: Students who transfer from community college to four-year institutions in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) field are less likely to graduate than peers […]

Dr. Carl Westine was awarded a North Carolina Student Success Innovation Lab grant. Dr. Westine will serve as the evaluator for an intervention implemented by East Carolina University. For more information about Student Success Innovation Lab, go to: https://www.northcarolina.edu/system-initiatives/student-success-innovation-lab-ssil

Ms. Tuba Gezer, doctoral student in the Educational Research, Measurement, and Evaluation program, was selected for a summer internship at the Center for Assessment in Dover, NH. She will be working with researchers at the Center on tools for depicting and analyzing achievement gaps. For more information about the Center, go to https://www.nciea.org/. [link]

Dr. Chuang Wang will will be taking a three-year leave to absence to serve as the Dean of Education at the University of Macau. One of his goals is to form a partnership between UNC Charlotte and the University of Macau.

Dr. Tracey Benson presented his talk on The Binary Code of Racism at inaugural TEDXUNCCharlotte. To view Dr. Benson’s talk, go to minute 20 of the following link: [link]

Adam Atwell named a Research Fellow with the Bridging the Gaps in Postsecondary CTE Research Adam Atwell, doctoral student in higher education, was named a Research Fellow with the Bridging the Gaps in Postsecondary Career Technical Education (CTE) Research project out of NC State. This is was a highly competitive award, and marks the start […]

Dr. Jim Watson was named to the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission by Governor Roy Cooper. The Principal Fellows Program is a competitive, merit-based scholarship loan to individuals of exceptional academic ability who have teaching or relevant experience and who desire to enter school administration in a North Carolina public school. Fellows have the opportunity […]

Dr. Amber Perrell, a 2018 graduate of the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership Higher Education Concentration, was recently named Dean of Students for the Charlotte Campus of Johnson and Wales University. Prior to her new position, Dr. Perrell served Queens University for 15 years, most recently as Associate Dean of Students. Congratulations, Amber!

The Instructional Systems Technology (soon to be Learning, Design and Technology) program has been recognized as the most customizable Educational Technology program by onlinemasters.com. The program also ranked at #34 in the top 50 Education Technology programs in the country. More information can be located here: https://www.onlinemasters.com/best-degree-programs/education/educational-technology/